Our Story

WHO WE ARE

dsb+ was founded in 2002 by a husband & wife team along with 2 classmates from Tulane University’s School of Architecture. After several years working for top ten firms in NYC they came together to open a studio. The atmosphere of friendship, love & enthusiasm, felt in the studio, can be seen in the work produced.

how we work

Their system of work is called ‘Charette,’ where the entire team brain storms intensely to create competing Design Options (often into evenings & weekends.) The client then offers comments on their likes and dislikes, often mixing solutions. The process is then repeated, refining the Design Options until a perfect solution is found.

Early in the process, the Design Options are presented to the likely Structural, Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Engineers, to make sure their systems will work well with the designs being developed.

By designing 2 or 3 dozen Options, presented as 3D animations (with furniture drawn in them,) the client gets to see the end result before construction. This single-handedly leads to virtually no changes during construction: keeping us on schedule & within budget.